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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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